Fly-paper holder.



PATENTED JUNE 9, R. E. FEE. v

FLY PAPER HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.9, 1907.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

W/TNESSES ATTORNEYS THE NnRRls PETERS co.. WASHINGTON. n. c.

PATENTED JUNE 9 R.' E. EEE. FLY PAPER HOLDER. APPLIQATION FILED oom, 1901.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

W/TNESSES A TTOH/VE Y S nnzwakms PETERS co., wAsulNaroN, D. c.

ROBERT E. FEE, OF MARION, INDIANA.

FLY-PAPER HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented .Tune 9, 1908.

Application filed October 9, 1907. Serial No. 396,578.

To all iii/1,0m 'it ymay; (io/neem:

Be it known that l, ROBERT E. FEE, a citi- Zen ol the United States, and a resicent ol Marion, in the county of Brant and State oi Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fly-Paper Holders, oli which the following is full, clear, and exact doscription.

This invention is an improved holder l'or retaining l'ly and other sticky papers in an extended position, whereby they cannot curl up, and may be moved from place to place without soiling the hands.

The object of the invention is to provide a device ol this character of comparatively simple construction, which may be adjusted to hold sheets of lly paper of varying size and retain them under slight tension, also to provide ior the suspending of the holder when not in use.

' Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this speei'l'ication, in which similar characters olv reference indicate corresponding parts in. all the views.

Figure 1 is a plan ol the holder in full lines when in its normal extended position, and in dotted outline wl'ien contracted as when removing or inserting the liy pal er, Fig. 2 is a top edge view ol the holder' as when snspended against a wall or the like, Fig. 3 is a lace view olE a modi'lied form of clamping member; Fig. 4 is a cross-section olz the holder on the line 545 of Fig. l, with the clamping members lifted from the trame and hooked, as preparatory to removing or inserting the l'ly paper, and Fig. 5 is a like section with the clampingmembers released and the lly paper clamped in position.

The invention comprises a wire trame composed of two sections slidably connected together, this connection being cl'lected byy making the cross-wires 5, forming a part of said trame, in two pieces, each piece being provided with an eye 6 in embrace with the other piece, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

The frame lurther includes longitudinal Wires 7 which are rigidly 'liXed in any suitable manner to the cross-wires 5 at their intersections. Two oi" the longitudinal wires 7, one :in each section ol'l the trame, are made by ei;- tending the ends oi a bail or handle S which is provided. with a central coil 9 operating as a spring to normally force the sections of the frame apart, and also serving as means for attaching a hook l() for suspending the holder on a nail or other device when not in usc.

The lower extremities of all of the wires 7 1 are bent to form hooks 1 1 for engaging the lower edge ol the ily paper when the latter is seated within the frame. T he margin of the paper is secured at the sides to the frame by clamps, each being carried ly one of the frame sections, and comprising a longitudinal clamping wire 12 having hooks 13 formed at its opposite ends, which are coiled to 'form springs 13L g the hooks and springs being constructed as an integral part of the top and bottom cross wires 5, and the springs acting to normally force the clamping wires to the frame.

The intermediate cross-wire 5 oi the iframe is extended beyond the frame at the opposite sides, and. the extended portions of the wire oli-set to Aform substantial hooks 14, each o'f the said hoo s being adapted to be engaged with a loop 15 having the opposite ends thereof bent into embrace with the clamping-wire 12. The loops 15 are angularly-turned over longitudinal wires 16, connecting the hooks 13 of the clamping members together, and are further connected to 'the wires 16 and to the outer longitudinal wires 7 by short wires 17, which not only reinforce the clamping members, but prevent 'the loops from sliding longitudinally thereon. As will be observed frein Fig. 5, the position oi the loops 15 is such when the clamping wires are pressed to the 'frame by the springs 13 that they are .located slightly above the eilt-set or hooked ends 14 of the cross-wire 5, whereby when the clamping wires are lifted against the tension of the springs and the loops l5 engaged behind the hooks 14, the clamps will be disposed in the position shown in Fig. 4.

INhen inserting the ily paper within the holder, the clamping members are secured in inoperative position as represented in Fig. 4, and the fly paper passed under the hooks 11, after which the sections of the frame are 'sprung together against the tension of the bail until the margin of the paper at the opposite sides passes under the clamping wires. The loops 15 are then released, permitting the springs of the clamping members to force the clamping wires into iirm contact with the paper. The tendency of the bail and its spring 9 will also operate to force the two sections of the frame outwardly and keep the paper stretched out under slight tension.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a modiiied form of clamping member which is in all respects the same as that shown in Fig. 1, except that the clamping-wire 12a, corresponding to the wire l2, instead of being made continuously straight is provided with a plurality of oil'- sets 12b these olli-sets only engaging the paper when the latter is clamped.

The invention as shown and described while being the preferred construction of my improved holder may be obviously modified in numerous minor particulars, and I consider I am entitled to such changes as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. A fly paper holder composed of two sections slidably connected together, means for clamping the edge of the paper carried by said sections, and means normally tending to separate said sections, whereby the paper will be held under tension.

2. A wire frame composed. of two sections adjustably connected together, means lor suspending the frame forming a part of each section and operating to force them apart, and clamping means carried by the opposite sides of the frame.

3. A wire frame composed of two sections made up of cross-wires and longitudinal wires joined at their intersections, each of said cross-wires being made in two pieces with an eye formed on each piece in embrace with. the other piece, whereby the sec-` tions may be adjusted to and from each other, and clamping means carried by each section.

4. A wire frame composed of two sections adjustably connected together and having hooks at one end thereof, a bail for suspending the frame operating to separate said sections, and a clamp carried on each section at the opposite sides of the frame.

5. A ily paper holder comprising a wire frame composed of longitudinal wires and cross-wires connected together at their intersections, each of said cross-wires being made in two pieces adjustably connected together and dividing the frame into two sections, a clamping wire connected to the cross-wires of the frame on each section, and. means for normally forcing the clamping wires toward the cross-wires.

6. A i'ly paper holder consisting of a frame composed of cross-wires and longitudinal wires, each oi said cross-wires being composed of two pieces adjustably connected together, dividing the frame into two sections, hooks formed at one end of the longitudinal wires for engaging the paper, clamps carried by the opposite sides of the frame for clamping the edges of the paper, and a bail for suspending the frame normally tending to separate said sections, whereby the paper is held under tension.

'7. A ily paper holder comprising a wire l'rame having clamps formed at the opposite sides thereof provided with means normally forcing them to the frame, and means for holding the clamps in inoperative position against the tension of the first-named means.

8. A Hy paper holder comprising a frame consisting of cross-wires and longitudinal wires ljoined together at their intersections, one of said cross-wires having extended ends, clamps having springs normally forcing them into contact with the frame at the opposite sides thereof, and means attached to each clamp adapted to engage the extended end el" one oi" said cross-wires and hold the clamp away from'the frame against the tension of its spring.

-ln testimony whereof I have signed my name to this speciiication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT E. FEE.

Witnesses GEORGE W. SCOTT, l/VILLIAM L. BENSON. 

